Cash-carrier.



G. F. BODINUS.

CASH CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR- 2, 1907.

Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

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CHARLES F. BODINUS, OF AUSTIN, ILLINOIS.

CASH-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 2, 1907.

Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

Serial No. 360,144.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Crunnns F. BonINus, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Austin, county of Cook, and State oii' Illinois, have invented certain new and useiul improvements in Cash-Carriers, oi which the following is a specification, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, torn'iing a part thereof.

The invention relates to cash carriers designed for use in pneumatic tube service, the carrier being preferably in the form of a cylindrical box adapted to be propelled through a tube by air blast.

The object of the invention is to simpliiy and improve the construction of devices of this kind; and the invention is exemplified in the structure to be hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section oi a cash carrier embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a side elevation of one of the members of the carrier; Fig. 5 is a sec tional view taken on the line 55 of Fig. 1; and Figs. 6 and 7 relate to details of construction.

The body of the carrier, as shown, is termed of two telescoping relatively-oscillatable members 10 and 11, each having an open end, as indicated at 12 and 13, the closed end oi the inner member preferably taking the form of a cap l t, the flange of which provides a shoulder 15 against which the open end 12 oi the outer member may abut.

Each of the members 10 and 11 has a lateral opening, as 16, 17, respectively, such openings being so placed that they may be brought into and out of register, to open or close the carrier, by the relative oscillation of its parts. The two members 10 and 11 are maintained in telescopic engagement by means of interlocking circumferential ribs l8, l9, termed on the walls of the members, the wall of one of the members adjacent the rib being yielding in order that the parts of the carrier may be separated for repair, and to lock the parts together means are provided for preventing the yielding of the wall of such member.

As shown the rib 19 is formed on the wall of the inner member 11 adjacent its open end 13, and the wall of that member is made yielding adjacent the rib by continuing its lateral opening 17 to the open end oi the member, as most clearly shown in Fig. l. To lock the parts of the carrier in telescopic engagement, the yielding oi the wall of the inner member is prevented when the parts are in assembled position by means of a flanged disk 20. This disk may be inserted, aiter the parts have been assembled, through the lateral opening in the carrier provided by turning the members it) and 11, to bring the openings H3, 17, into register. it is held to its seat against; the head of the outer member in a manner to be hereinafter described.

Cushions, as 21 and 22, are applied to each end of the carrier. and as shown each of these cushions is secured in place upon the head of one ot the members 10, ll, by means oi bolts, as 2?), 2-l-, which enter the cushion irom the chamber oi the carrier, through apertures in the head oi the member. Preferably a plurality oi bolts are employed ior securing each oi the cushions in place, in order that each cushion may be tiXed against rotation on that part oi the carrier to which it is attached. .Xs shown the bolts 23, 24-, are tubular and are internally threaded. Preferably the bolts ior securing each cushion have a common head which takes the term oi a plate'25 and serves to reinforce the end oi the carrier. Screws 2(5 engage each of the bolts 23, 2t, and both of the screws ior each oi the cushions bear upon a plate 27 which is countersunk in the outer end of the cushion. The bolts 23, 2 t, at that end oi? the carrier adjacent the open end 01 the inner member ll. enter the cushion 22 through the head oi the outer member it) and through the tlangcd disk 20, tor the purpose oi securing the latter in place.

The relative oscillation oi the inner and outer members oii the carrier is limited by a stop 28 applied to the inner wall of the outer member, the inner member being recessed to receive the stop and the ends 30, 31, ot' the recess being adapted to engage the stop irom opposite directions. As shown the stop 28 is applied to the wall of the outer member l0 adjacent its closed end, and the disk 20 is indented, as indicated at 20, (Fig. 7) to provide room for the stop. lreierably the recess provided in the wall of the inner member for receiving the stop 28 is of such length that the two members of the carrier may be rotated from the open position shown in Fig. 5 to the position shown in Fig. 3, the lateral openings 16, 17, being then out of register and the walls of each member of the carrier overlapping those of the other at each side of the lateral opening for a sufficient amount to prevent the opening of the carrier by av slight relative rotation between its members.

In use the carrier may be opened or closed if the end cushions 21, 22, be grasped and turned in opposite directions. The parts of the carrier may be disassembled for repair or inspection by loosening the screws 26 provided for securing the end cushions in place, it being only necessary to permit the two body members of the carrier to be separated, to remove the screws 26 at that end of the carrier adjacent the open end 13 of the inner member 11.

The strength of the walls of the members 10, 11, of the carrier is increased by forming the lateral openings 16, 17, with angular corners, as indicated at 32, 33. The walls of the members are then less likely to be distorted adjacent the corners of the opening when the rapidly moving carrier strikes an abutment, and the inclined corners serve by a cam action to bring the margins of the openings in the two members into proper relation to permit of the opening and closing of the carrier when its walls have become slightly distorted.

I claim as my invention 1. In a cash carrier, in combination, a pair of telescoping relatively oscillatable members having interlocking circumferential ribs, the walls of one of the members being yielding adjacent the rib formed thereon, and means for preventing the yielding of the wall of such member.

2. In a cash carrier, in combination, a pair of telescoping relatively oscillatable members having interlocking circumferential ribs adjacent one end, the inner member having an open end and side adjacent the rib, and a disk fitting the open end of the inner member.

3. In a cash carrier, in combination, a pair of telescoping relatively-oscillatable members having interlocking circumferentialribs adjacent one end, the inner member having an open end and side adjacent the rib, a disk fitting the open end of the inner member, and means for securing the disk to the head of the outer member.

4. In a cash carrier, in combination, an openable cylindrical casing, a cushion applied to the head of the casing, a plate applied to the inner face of the head, an internally-threaded tubular bolt projecting from the plate through the head and entering the cushion, and a screw engaging the bolt and bearing on the cushion.

5. In a cash carrier, in combination, an openable cylindrical casing, a cushion applied to the head of the casing, a pair of internally-threaded bolts projecting ontwardly through the end of the casing and into the cushion, such bolts having a common head, and a screw engaging each of the bolts and bearing on the cushion.

6. In a cash carrier, in combination, a pair of telescoping relatively-oscillatable cylindrical members having interlocking circumferential ribs adjacent one end, the inner member having an open end and side adjacent the rib, a plate fixed to the inner face of the end of the outer member and having a flange projecting into the open end of the inner member, and a fixed stop engageable by the margins of the open side of the inner member interposed between the flange of the plate and the cylindrical wall of the outer member.

7. In a cash carrier, in combination, a pair of telescoping relatively-oscillatable cylindrical members, the inner member having an open side and end, a plate fixed to the inner face of the end of the outer member and having a flange projecting into the open end of the inner member, the flange being indented to form a pocket, and a stop-block seated in the pocket and projecting into the space between the flange and the cylindrical wall of the outer member to be engaged by the margins of the open side of the inner member to limit the relative oscillation of the two members.

8. In a cash carrier, in combination, a pair of telescoping relatively-oscillatable cylindrical members having interlocking circumferential ribs adjacent one end, the inner member having an open end and a yielding side wall adjacent the rib, a plug fitting the open end of the inner member and attaching means removable from without the outer member for securing the plug to the end of the outer member.

9. In a cash carrier, in combination, a pair of telescoping relatively-oscillatable cylindrical members having interlocking circumferential ribs adjacent one end, the inner member having an open end and a yielding side wall adjacent the rib, and a plug fitting the open end of the inner member detachably secured to the inner face of the end of the outer member.

CHARLES F. BODINUS.

Vitnesses CHARLES B. GILLsoN, E. M. KLATCHER. 

